Combination comb and case therefor



Sept. 5, 1944; w. PALAT 2,357,539

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Patented Sept. 5, 1944 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COMBINATION COMB ANDCASE THEREFOR William Palat, Brooklyn, N. Y. Application August 27,1943, Serial No. 500,199

2 Claims.

This invention relates to hair combs, and aims to provide a novelcombination of a comb and case therefor with which the comb ispermanently and slidably associated so that it may be used as a regularfull-size comb and yet carried as a pocket comb of reduced size.

With the above as well as other objects in View, the invention is setforth in the following description, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing. It is to be noted that the drawing is intended toserve the purpose of illustration only, and it is neither intended nordeline s 5 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 3.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral Ill indicates the caseor housing for the comb H, and comprises a unitary elongated housingrectangular in both internal and external crosssections, the innercompartment thereof being shown at 12. V

The forward end l3 of the case In is open, and the rear end I4 is closedor sealed. The side walls l5 and I6 of the case lfl are provided withaligned longitudinal slots l1, which extend from a point near the openend H to a point near the closed end M of the case.

The comb I I. has its rear end extended, and spaced pins or pegs passtherethrough at right angles thereto and protrude from both sidesthereof. These pegs are preferably formed integrally with the extensionI8, although they might, if desired, be made removable or frictionallysecured therein.

Both ends of each peg I9 and 20 are slidably engaged in the slots 11,whereby the comb H is slidably anchored to the case and is yetwithdrawable to the maximum position shown in Fig. 3. In the latterfigure the comb is shown ready for use, being grasped by the case It)which then serves as a handle and thus the comb is used with the sameconvenience and advantages as a full-size comb. When not in use, thecomb H is pushed home into the case ID, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2,whence it may be conveniently carried in the pocket or in a womans pursewhere, owing to its reduced size, it takes up no more space than anordinary small pocket comb.

Obviously, modifications in form and structure may be made withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim:

1. A combination comprising an elongated housing having its front endopen and a comb slidably mounted therein through said front end, theopposed side walls of said housing having aligned longitudinal slotstherein extending from a point near said front end to a point near therear end of the housing, said comb having an extension integral with therear end thereof, spaced pegs extending .through said extension at rightangles thereto and having their extremities registering slidably in saidslots.

2. The combination set forth in claim 1, having said slots extendingthrough said side walls and having both extremities of said pegsextending through said slots with the end surfaces of said pegextremities positioned fiushwith the outer surfaces of said side walls.

WILLIAM PALA'I.

